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Jays Win, Finish the Year 81-81

by Tom Dakers on Sep 28, 2011 5:15 PM EDT

Blue Jays 3 White Sox 2

We've been .500 so often this year that it is only fitting that we finish the season at .500.

Not a bad start for Brandon Morrow, walked a few too many but allowed just the 2 runs in 6 innings. One off a solo homer and one that was a little suspect. With a runner on first Alexei Ramirez hit a ball down the line that a fan interfered with, the umpires ruled the runner on first would have scored, I'm not so sure. The next batter hit what would have been a sac fly anyway, but we don't knw that that would have happened if the runner was only awarded third. I generally think the umpires should rule against the home team on those plays.

Casey Janssen, Shawn Camp and Frank Francisco each pitched a scoreless inning to keep us in the game. Camp gets the win to finish 6-3, Frankie the save for his 17th of the year. After a lousy start to the season, Frank had a very good second half.

We didn't do much on offense. A run in the first on Eric Thames double. Then in the top of the 9th, Chris Sales walked in the tying and winning runs. We only had 4 hits, one each for Thames, Johnson, Cooper and Teahen. We did take 7 walks though. Jose Baustista finishes the season at .302.

Jays of the Day are Teahen (.244), Frankie (.214), Loewen (.182, for driving in the GWR with a walk), and Johnson (.138). Suckage numbers go to Rasmus (-.179, not all his fault, he lost points for the bunt in the 9th, a play I really didn't understand) and McCoy (-.131).

So that's the season, but that doesn't mean we shut down here. There will be all sorts of looking back at this season and looking forward to the future, plus all the new and rumors, so stick around, it should be an interesting off-season.

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tonights gonna be a good night

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

congratulations gang

we’ve survived another mediocre season of the Toronto Mediocre Jays

I tweet and then Keith Law ignores me

by benk on Sep 28, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

I enjoyed the season.

Unfortunate that you didn’t

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

never said that

but we were truly the epitome of mediocre

I tweet and then Keith Law ignores me

by benk on Sep 28, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think he said that

but wait! I’m being contrarian again.

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions

When someone 'survives' something, they usually don't enjoy it.

’Hey I survived that hurricane."
“That must have been brutal”
“No I had fun surviving it”

Come on

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I think you missed the hyperbole in his comment

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't enjoy mediocrity on a grand scale

I’d certainly like to experience a playoff race that I’m old enough to remember. doesn’t mean I don’t like watching the games, nor do I think that the team isn’t headed in the right direction

I tweet and then Keith Law ignores me

by benk on Sep 28, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, i survived that gunshot

hey i survived that bear attack..

Yes, you have a point.

by outoforder87 on Sep 28, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions

You made me spit out my drink. I don't always survive gunshots, but when I do my face looks like this:

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions

or:

I survived dinner with my family.

by Nadia on Sep 28, 2011 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Still not enjoyable...

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions

You enjoyed the season?

I wouldn’t say I enjoyed a season unless we made the playoffs or were very close. It was fun for the most part, but overall, not good.

by Nadia on Sep 28, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I enjoyed Corey Patterson very much

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions

And JoJo Reyes

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Remember Juan Rivera?

Good times…

by Nadia on Sep 28, 2011 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Ya i'm a baseball fan so I like watching baseball.

Rome wasn’t built in a day.

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think people who had to wait for Rome to finish building enjoyed the waiting

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions

meh... stretching it there

just sayin’.

by jaysbrazil on Sep 28, 2011 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha I get it. We called you out, so now you'll disagree with everything, no matter how stupid it sounds.

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I enjoyed the season

I was thoroughly entertained by the team. Plenty of good story lines. Shocking trades. Good wins.

I base enjoyment by entertainment, and I can say I enjoyed it. I’d enjoy it more if the Jays made the playoffs, but… I’m not willing to be like this season wasn’t fun.

by outoforder87 on Sep 28, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions

^My feelings.

I enjoyed watching the games.

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually specifically said that I felt the same way

I tweet and then Keith Law ignores me

by benk on Sep 28, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I know.

Your original comment made it sound like the season was torture.

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by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I suppose

but you can call me Admiral Hyperbole

I tweet and then Keith Law ignores me

by benk on Sep 28, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

but since our minor league ballclubs won some championships

the Jays will redoubtably win a WS next year. Winning breeds winning!

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know how that becamse redoubtably

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

THERE ON THE UPSWING MAN

by David Henry Struyk on Sep 28, 2011 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

that santa is truly creepy

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

Stanton makes his bat look like a little toy

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

damn this mlbtv

why is it so laggy

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:55 PM EDT reply actions

The couple of minutes delay is so annoying.

by Nadia on Sep 28, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

it just keeps on freezing on me

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions

oh.

Get faster internet.

by Nadia on Sep 28, 2011 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions

you paying?

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions

for it?

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I live in an apartment building, I just use someone else’s wireless internet, stream all my tv online, and I refuse to have a phone. I am living it.

by Joey P on Sep 28, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Roger’s can’t even call me to solicit to me on how good of deals they have. My neighbor’s internet is getting slower, I will have to go over there and complain,lol.

by Joey P on Sep 28, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions

oh

so jealous

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm so hungry

Sad, Drunk, And Poorly

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL

by Pikachu on Sep 28, 2011 5:58 PM EDT reply actions

x

A day that will live in infamy: August 4th, 2011
7 pissed off members of the Aaron Hill fanclub

by jays182 on Sep 28, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Just looked up Francisco's post all star numbers

WOW! 1.42ERA….0.83WHIP…….and the most important number— ZERO blown saves!!

You look at the teams in the AL that are in the playoffs and they have a Save conversion percentage of 70%+……if only Franky pitched like this in the 1st half and gave us a 70% conversion rate instead of the PATHETIC 56% we got. That would have made the difference of 8 wins!!
Who knows how the division plays out if thats the case…

by Hyepwrd on Sep 28, 2011 7:17 PM EDT reply actions

He was injured starting the season

something about a “knot” in his shoulder area I remember hearing. Kind of mysterious I thought. Do knots just go away? Yes it was a pity he wasnt the same then?

by Bendit on Sep 28, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

An "off-walk" win

Nice!

by Steve02 on Sep 28, 2011 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

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